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🦉 Wildlife🦅 Birds🦋 Insects
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Places › England › South East › Surrey Heath Getting here
51.37825, -0.63800
Open directionsv Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🌞 Midsummer — early morning visits most comfortable; look for deer fawns in quieter clearings 🐕 Early mornings are best for dog walks in summer — visit before 9am to avoid the heat and find quieter trails ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food £ Free to visit — no entry charge🐕 Dogs welcome🦉 Wildlife
Very strong match
Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles; Multi-group wildlife — Amphibians, Birds, Mammals, Reptiles
Free
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025; Birds — Dartford Warbler, Woodlark, Robin +60 more · last seen 2025
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Lowland heathland — silver-studded blue and heath fritillary butterflies; Insects — Common Darter, Stag Beetle, Minotaur Beetle +39 more · last seen 2025
Free
Dogs allowed — public woodland
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Good match
café
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 4 signed routes nearby · 5 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Three Castles Path Walking route ▾
Named route Regional walking route
Show on map Ramblers Route Walking route ▾
Named route Local walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park Purple Walking route ▾
Named route Ref purple Local walking route
Show on map Lightwater Country Park orange Walking route ▾
Named route Ref Orange Local walking route
Show on map 9 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
Windsor Great Park permitted cycle route (daylight hours only) Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Round Berkshire Cycle Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Route 422 Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 422 National Cycle Network
Show on map Europa Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Europa (8) Local cycle route
Show on map Surrey Cycleway Cycling route ▾
Woking and Egham link
Named route Regional cycle route
Show on map Bracknell Forest Green Route Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref Green Local cycle route
Show on map 9 public paths nearby
Public paths
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Wildlife to spot
12,814 records · National Biodiversity Network
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Wildlife to spot 12,814 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Robin · Magpie · Wren +31
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Woodlark Lullula arborea Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Stock Dove Columba oenas Canada Goose Branta canadensis Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Redwing Turdus iliacus Rock Dove Columba livia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Swallow Hirundo rustica Snipe Gallinago gallinago Peregrine Falco peregrinus Jay Garrulus glandarius Hobby Falco subbuteo Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Noctule · Muntjac +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Adder · Slow-worm · Smooth Snake
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Darter · Field Grasshopper · Emerald Damselfly · Minotaur Beetle · Migrant Hawker +18
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Paragus Paragus Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Wildlife to spot 12,814 records · National Biodiversity Network 🐦 Birds 36 species
spring summer
2025 ▾
Dartford Warbler · Woodlark · Robin · Magpie · Wren +31
Dartford Warbler Curruca undata Woodlark Lullula arborea Robin Erithacus rubecula Magpie Pica pica Wren Troglodytes troglodytes Woodpigeon Columba palumbus Blue Tit Cyanistes caeruleus Dunnock Prunella modularis Stonechat Saxicola rubicola Carrion Crow Corvus corone Blackbird Turdus merula Coal Tit Periparus ater Woodcock Scolopax rusticola Blackcap Sylvia atricapilla Stock Dove Columba oenas Canada Goose Branta canadensis Firecrest Regulus ignicapilla Greenfinch Chloris chloris Song Thrush Turdus philomelos Chiffchaff Phylloscopus collybita Redwing Turdus iliacus Rock Dove Columba livia Reed Bunting Emberiza schoeniclus Swallow Hirundo rustica Snipe Gallinago gallinago Peregrine Falco peregrinus Jay Garrulus glandarius Hobby Falco subbuteo Great Spotted Woodpecker Dendrocopos major Great Tit Parus major Tawny Owl Strix aluco Goldcrest Regulus regulus Nuthatch Sitta europaea Pied Wagtail Motacilla alba yarrellii Long-tailed Tit Aegithalos caudatus Green Woodpecker Picus viridis Common Pipistrelle · Soprano Pipistrelle · Roe Deer · Noctule · Muntjac +2
Common Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pipistrellus Soprano Pipistrelle Pipistrellus pygmaeus Roe Deer Capreolus capreolus Noctule Nyctalus noctula Muntjac Muntiacus reevesi Rabbit Oryctolagus cuniculus Eurasian Serotine Cnephaeus serotinus Adder · Slow-worm · Smooth Snake
Adder Vipera berus Slow-worm Anguis fragilis Smooth Snake Coronella austriaca 🐸 Amphibians 2 species
summer
2025 ▾
Common Toad · Palmate Newt
Common Toad Bufo bufo Palmate Newt Lissotriton helveticus Common Darter · Field Grasshopper · Emerald Damselfly · Minotaur Beetle · Migrant Hawker +18
Common Darter Sympetrum striolatum Field Grasshopper Chorthippus brunneus Emerald Damselfly Lestes sponsa Minotaur Beetle Typhaeus typhoeus Migrant Hawker Aeshna mixta Paragus Paragus Dasysyrphus tricinctus Dasysyrphus tricinctus Toadflax
Species observations from the last 10 years via NBN Atlas
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
Chrysotoxum bicinctum Chrysotoxum bicinctum
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
16-spot Ladybird Tytthaspis sedecimpunctata
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Tortoise Bug Eurygaster testudinaria
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Water Scorpion Nepa cinerea
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Common Red Soldier Beetle Rhagonycha fulva
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Eristalis intricaria Eristalis intricaria
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Birch Shieldbug Elasmostethus interstinctus
Platycheirus clypeatus agg. Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
Platycheirus clypeatus agg. Platycheirus clypeatus agg.
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Cheilosia Cheilosia
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata
Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata Volucella bombylans subsp. plumata
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Golden-ringed Dragonfly Cordulegaster boltonii
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Four-spotted Chaser Libellula quadrimaculata
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Green Shieldbug Palomena prasina
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Cream-spot Ladybird Calvia quattuordecimguttata
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus
Stag Beetle Lucanus cervus